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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797917203321

Autore

Griffith Lauren Miller

Titolo

In search of legitimacy : how outsiders become part of an Afro-Brazilian tradition / / Lauren Miller Griffith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78533-064-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Dance and Performance Studies

Disciplina

793.3/1981

Soggetti

Capoeira (Dance) - Social aspects - Brazil

Capoeira (Dance) - Study and teaching - Brazil

Visitors, Foreign - Brazil - Social conditions

Culture and tourism - Brazil

Black people - Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 206

Sommario/riassunto

Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why “first world” men and women leave behind their jobs, families, and friends to pursue a strenuous training regimen in a historically disparaged and marginalized practice. Using the concept of apprenticeship pilgrimage—studying with a local master at a historical point of origin—the author examines how non-Brazilian capoeiristas learn their art and claim legitimacy while navigating the complexities of wealth disparity, racial discrimination, and cultural appropriation.